Resolution 6/14: Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery
- Document number
- 1878
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Resolution 6/14: Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery
- Author/publisher
- Human Rights Council, United Nations (UN)
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- Document type(s)
- International Law,
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- Summary
- Human Rights Council;
Convinced that the mandates of existing Special Rapporteurs do not adequately cover all slavery practices, and that the issue of contemporary forms of slavery needs to be given greater prominence and priority within the United Nations system if these practices are to be eradicated once and for all,
1. Decides to appoint, for a three-year period, a Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences, to replace the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; - Related documents
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